Episodes

  • “The Most Massive Job Site We've Tried to Handle”
    Jul 14 2025

    On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Long hours, long commutes, and big responsibilities—lineworkers talk about the scale and stress of modern infrastructure projects on the PowerLine podcast. Plus: labor storytelling at San Francisco LaborFest, the 1877 Great Railway Strike, and Woody Guthrie's birthday. @powerlinepodcast @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod

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    2 mins
  • Not a Business Strategy
    Jul 10 2025

    On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Artist Eric Ruin talks about the role of solidarity work in sustaining a creative life; paid or not. That’s from this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour, airing at 1PM on WPFW 89.3 FM. Plus: robots take over in the play Hired at San Francisco’s LaborFest, and Wisconsin labor history takes center stage in Eau Claire. In labor history, the brutal end of the 1894 Pullman Strike.

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    2 mins
  • “Medicaid Cuts Are a Catastrophe”
    Jul 9 2025

    On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Nurses on the Union Talk podcast warn that slashing Medicaid will devastate care for vulnerable patients, overwhelm hospitals, and drive massive burnout among healthcare workers. Plus, America’s deadliest rail accident struck Nashville in 1918. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod

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    2 mins
  • We Are the City
    Jul 8 2025

    On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Leaders of AFSCME District Council 33 tell The Labor Show podcast why nearly 9,000 Philadelphia city workers were prepared to strike for a fair deal and dignity on the job. Plus the IWW wraps up its founding convention and a quote from Mother Bloor. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod

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    2 mins
  • Honoring Bloody Thursday’s Sister Struggle
    Jul 7 2025

    On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Docker Podcast marks the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Ballantyne Pier, when Vancouver longshore workers faced police repression in a fight echoing America’s Bloody Thursday. Plus: a general strike in Puerto Rico, and the March of the Mill Children led by Mother Jones.

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    2 mins
  • Guerrilla Politics and Labor’s Long Fight
    Jul 4 2025

    On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Buwa Basebetsi digs into the radical politics behind the 1970s Patricia Hearst kidnapping. Plus, LaborFest weekend events in San Francisco, ILO labor conventions and Albert Parsons joins the Knights of Labor. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod

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    2 mins
  • Rich Guy Loses It All
    Jul 3 2025

    On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Kathy Newman joins the Labor Heritage Power Hour to unpack how class and power play out in The Residence, Running Point, and Your Friends and Neighbors. That’s 1pm on WPFW 89.3FM. Plus: Laborfest tackles fascism, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman is born.

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    2 mins
  • Yeah, We Can Do That
    Jul 2 2025

    On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: From the Apple Box podcast, how the City of Burnaby backed up big promises with real action on Indigenous relations, proving that when leadership says “yes,” change becomes possible. Plus, in labor history, President Johnson signs Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, banning discrimination on the job. @iatse891 @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod

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    2 mins